Terror at the Yu Residence

After leaving the courtyard, Zhao Han did not even need to conceal his figure as he slowly ventured deeper into the residence.

The Yu family was a small clan, employing only four guards, all of whom were in the Skin Refining Realm.

With two on duty during the day and two at night, it was impossible for them to split up for patrols.

Most of the Yu residence was pitch black, with only a few areas illuminated.

As he passed a room glowing with a faint, dim yellow light, Zhao Han lowered his body and peeked through the half-open window.

To his surprise, he saw a woman with long black hair draped in a red dress. In the middle of the night, instead of sleeping, she sat before a wooden vanity, lighting a scarlet candle that cast a weak, reddish-yellow glow.

Directly in front of her was an antique Bronze Mirror. She was using an old Wooden Comb to slowly and methodically brush her straight black hair.

She twisted her waist, her posture graceful, yet her back exuded an indescribable, eerie gloom.

Middle of the night, red dress, black hair, vanity, Bronze Mirror, Wooden Comb, brushing hair, twisting waist...

Combined, these elements might seem like a personal hobby to the uninitiated, but Zhao Han did not think so.

After all, having been exposed to countless films and novels, even if he were slow-witted, he knew exactly what this woman in red was.

"Holy crap!" Zhao Han's scalp instantly went numb, and a chill surged into his heart.

He had encountered a Weird!

He shouldn't have come to the Yu residence tonight!

It was all his own hot-headedness, wanting to come and demand money, only to end up running into a Weird.

Zhao Han didn't dare to even breathe loudly. He shifted his feet gently and slowly retreated, terrified of attracting the attention of the female Weird brushing her hair.

After moving ten meters away, Zhao Han picked up his pace, leaving the room behind and reaching the side of another building behind the adjacent wall.

He looked back; the room was still glowing with that faint, flickering light, looking indescribably sinister.

Seeing that nothing was chasing him, Zhao Han finally let out a sigh of relief. "Damn, this Yu family is too terrifying. I need to leave immediately."

Meanwhile, inside the room with the woman in red.

The woman seemed to sense something and turned her head toward the window, but she saw nothing.

However, if Zhao Han were still there, he might have been scared to death.

Because this woman in red was actually a Faceless Person; she had no facial features at all, just a blank expanse of skin.

Only her long, straight black hair remained; she didn't even have eyebrows.

The woman reached out a pale, slender hand and gestured toward the air, causing the window to close on its own.

"This little girl truly is the number one beauty in the world. Just a moment ago, some stinking man was even peeking at me..." A woman's voice seemed to emerge from the air.

What was terrifying was that the woman in red had no facial features at all, yet she could produce such a melodious voice.

Following this, the woman in red actually let out a "hee-hee-hee" laugh toward the Bronze Mirror, cold and eerie.

What Zhao Han had not noticed before was that beside the vanity, there lay a complete human face, thin as a cicada's wing, with its features still perfectly intact.

The woman in red reached out, grabbed the human face, and slowly pressed it against her own.

As the face adhered to her, it slowly merged with her faceless head, gradually transforming her into a beauty in red.

If Zhao Han were to see this, he would likely be scared half to death and unable to sleep a wink at night.

At this moment

"That's right, it's the Fifth Senior Brother from the Mad Saber Martial Arts School. He looks kind and helpful, but in reality, he's full of malice behind your back."

Zhao Han asked, "Then what do you want?"

"Help me kill Liang Feng. Kill him, and no one will ever know," Yu Qiuyue said with a vicious expression, her intent to kill palpable.

"Murder? I can't help you with that. If you want him dead, do it yourself. Give me the twenty taels of silver first, or you'll die right now."

Zhao Han held out his hand with a cold sneer, having no desire to say anything more to this venomous woman.

Yu Qiuyue said anxiously, "If Liang Feng reports me, I... I'll be beaten to death by Master Yang, and my father will beat me to death too. If I die, you won't get that hundred taels of silver either."

Seeing how anxious she was, and noting that she didn't even bother to deny whether Dong Qiang had been killed by her, a chill couldn't help but rise in Zhao Han.

Dong Qiang had only been knocked unconscious by him.

Zhao Han had initially thought that a cultist from the Yin Tong Cult had killed Dong Qiang, but now it seemed more likely that Yu Qiuyue was the murderer.

A venomous woman; she is not to be trusted.

Zhao Han reached this conclusion about her.

He decided to take the twenty taels, ask for the details of the advanced martial arts of the Yu Family Saber Technique, and then run off and leave her to her own devices.

"I don't care if you live or die. Choose: die now, or die tomorrow!"

Shing!

Zhao Han gave her the final choice, drawing his steel saber to emphasize the threat.

"Gulp..."

"I... I'll give you the silver."

Yu Qiuyue handed over the twenty taels of silver she had scraped together with such difficulty.

It contained her private savings, money from gifts, and money she had stolen.

Taking the silver, Zhao Han flipped his hand and stored it away, then asked with a smile, "Your Yu Family Saber Technique must have deeper, more advanced martial arts, right?"

"Yes, there is. It's called the Yu Family Gale Saber. It's a classified martial art. My father and my eldest sister are practicing it. My status isn't high enough, so I can't learn it."

After clarifying the martial art, Zhao Han continued to ask, "There's a woman in your Yu family who likes to look in the mirror late at night, wearing red clothes and combing her hair. Who is she?"

"Why are you asking about my eldest sister? Don't tell me you've taken a fancy to her?" Yu Qiuyue's expression changed, and she asked immediately.

Zhao Han had actually taken a fancy to her eldest sister? This was not good.

Her eldest sister already held an absolute advantage in the Yu family. If Zhao Han were to become her sister's ally, she would never be able to turn things around and become the head of the family in this lifetime.

"So it was your eldest sister. I just happened to pass by and took a peek out of curiosity. I didn't mean anything else by it."

I'm avoiding that female weirdo like the plague, let alone taking a fancy to her?

I'm not looking to hang myself and shorten my own life!